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Agreed. Carth had most depth after Bastila. But I second that Dustil should land in trash compactor with hungry dianogas. Just look at the face of this jerk! And his attitude was awful...

Thanks!

"crap literature like that" - what exactly is a crap (titles, authors etc) ?

And that is why I respect your opinion in contradiction to 213374U who apperently has never read newest EU novels or comics - becouse only total idiot could say that Matthew Stover is a crappy author or that Republic series is dull. 213374U acts like a child with his hysteric comments. Was he abused by EU in childhood or something?

Hahaha super-duper-secret spywoman (Mara) with shadowy past is biggest cliche in popular culture. Good-hearted mafioso caring for his men (Karrde) is second one and uber-lame war genius who can foreseen everything is just idiotic. Maybe Zahn was good 14 years ago but now he's nothing compared to Matthew Stover. Zahn didn't write anything original since 1993. All his productions swirls around Thrawn, Mara and Luke and its clear that he cannot invent anything original, he can only exploit these three characters. In the era of such masterpieces as Traitor or Shatterpoint his Survivor Quest is a relic of Zahn's lack of imagination and writing skills. Refering to comics its clear that you've never read John Ostrander's Republic series as well as Crimson Empire and other great titles. That's becouse characters in these comics aren't overpowered and storyline is greater than blurb about some blue admiral who foreseen everything and everyone. Well for starters canon has different meanings for different people. For many incl myself, KOTOR and Tales of the Jedi are greater or as great as movies. I do not worship movies only becouse Lucas made them. They are just movies and show only one era in star wars history. There is nothing special in them excluding fact that they are movies. You can continue to bow before Lucas and spit on "crappy" EU authors, howewer. ?????? They are making star wars books all the time Yeah really reading Shatterpoint or Republic series is a real torment - but only if someone is as dumb as you to understand content of any book.

No one who is normal could even think to compare any star wars author to Aasimov. Although I believe that Saga of Seven Suns is as good as Foundation, Aasimov was first

Oh man another Zahn worshipper. Maybe you should accept the fact that Shatterpoint is 1000 times better than obsolete Thrawn stuff. And how you can say such things about EU if you don't even know it? Your view is based on ignorance

And as always your plans proved to be futile

Odan Urr was 1000 years old and Odd Bnar was even older... There is nothing exceptional in Yoda. Except that he's in the movie and Odan Urr not.

The Force works different and generally Preqel Jedi are weaker than their predecessors. And dark shadows were caused by imbalance not Palpatine. Palpatine only used the fact that Jedi threw Force into imbalance. This has nothing common with archelogical excavations in Middle East. Acc to EU ancient force-users were just more powerful. This is fact not exaggeration. But believe that brick-moving Yoda was the greatest of them all

Philip K ****, Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur C Clarke, RA Salvatore, Elaine Cunningham, Robert Howard and of course Frank Herbert. I don't like Orson Scot Card.

Yes but to me EU is more important than Lucas' midichlorians and all that stuff. I say that Exar is better than Anakin becouse I can compare powers of both and I see that Anakin's powers are lame. He can jump, run, slash, choke but it isn't that kind of force control as Exar had. If GL jumped with (blasphemy to Christians, fortunetely I'm not one) idea of a chosen one created by force its his problem. At least he should shown him in convincing way, while Anakin in AOTC and Clone Wars is weak And regardless what movie characters are saying Anakin is just lame in this movies. We don't witness his godlike powers. And another thing: all that midiclorian-chosenone stuff is nothing more than beliefs of people that lived in modern era. Ancient era was 4000 years ago and no one of modrn people remembers what happened then. Do you remember for example what happened during the reign of Asarhaddon II in Assyria 3879 years ago? I don't. I tend to believe that Anakin wouldn't be special in times of Exar Kun. You seem to forget that Anakin lived at times when force was in imbalance and practically vanished in Jedi. Jedi in prequels are weaker than their ancestros (even GL mentioned that) and thus Anakin is so exceptional. Besides will see in EIII if he's truly the chosen one. I suspect that EIII will reveal that as well.

I think that Zahn is a matter of yesterday. Stover bested him along with other new writers Zahn is worshipped by older fans (mostly). Younger fans rather worship Stover or NJO authors. And while Anderson is on top Zahn today is imprisoned forever in his ghetto writing endless novels about Thrawn, cause he's too dumb to write something really original. True that in the early 1990s Thrawn Trilogy was quite good but it was his only achievement. Now he clones that trilogy in a series of novels that are all about the same Begin with Saga of Seven Suns

Well I don't care if EU is for money or not. Reading EU stuff gives me opportunity to embrace greatest myth of the modern times.I like many things in EU and dislike many (fifty/fifty if you want to know). I don't have any problems with Anderson who is my favourite sci-fi author and like almost all his ideas, but I hate xwings and other crap which is just boring. As for the new movies I like them much more than Old Trilogy and I can't understand why so many people hate them. GL introduced dozens of brilliant things in them. Some people just have too big expectations.

Oh well, another argument about how EU is lame. It isn't important if its lame or not. Important is, that EU states that and doesn't state this. Star Wars is a fairy tale, and I doubt if venerable Gould's theory is applicable to it. But have it your way.

No thank you, but I don't find any pleasure in humiliating people in such a low way.

There's a great grief in your words. You seem to have love/hate relationship with Star Wars BTW At least I don't twist your nick. Appreciate it.

I could stick this comment to virtually every other comment.

In any movie no one has ever said that Yoda was most powerful user in history. Yoda was most powerful Jedi in the waning days of the Republic - just like Vodo or Arca were most powerful masters before the Sith War. Anakin was most powerful in history of the Order that was re-founded after Ruusan Battle when all Jedi died except Farfalla and his small unit.Thus Anakin was most powerful Jedi in those 1000 years from Ruusan to Endor

... and that's why he was destroyed

Compare Exar to Elminster then. He was as powerful (in terms of forgotten realms) and no one criticize his character. And aside of normal physical fight there are also psionic power. Using power of his mind Exar could just freeze those 12, 40 or 100 Jedi (like he did in the senate with all thiose people ot like Malak did on Star Forge on a limited scale) Surely Exar couldn't fight dozens of Jedi in terms of lightsaber duel but his main power was ancient magic. BTW Lucas developed Exar's profile and it was adapted by KJA (although it is KJA who jumped with whole idea of long-dead sithlord)

Well that's the main reason why writers today are limited by Lucas Licansing

Yeah yeah then why your Revan was destroyed by Malak's betrayal? Ability to command during battles does not make you good conspirator. Revan wasn't better that Ulic who ruined the Republic fleet. He was just a good tactician and valiant warrior, that's all. Exar started with nothing and formed alliances that almost destroyed Old Republic. Republic that wasn't weakened by Mandalorian War let's start with. 213374U: your arguments are weak mainly becouse they state your private opinion on EU. And thus I won't discuss them.

This ability has every NPC in KOTOR. This is part of game mechanics not actual star wars ability.

Of course! But he'd still manage to finish amateurs like Vader and his rotten master.